[ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] Call for Volunteers: GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures

Alan Greenberg alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca
Mon Feb 1 21:06:40 UTC 2016


BTW, I am on the WG as well.

But no rule about how many can join, so others 
don't be shy if you have an interest and are 
prepared to participate actively (once you get acclimatized).

Alan

At 01/02/2016 02:53 PM, Holly Raiche wrote:
>Hi Vanda
>
>I”m sure you and cheryl will be terrific. Given 
>ALAC’s interest in the release of new gTLDs in 
>the first round, this will raise important issues for
>ALAC
>
>Holly
>On 1 Feb 2016, at 11:25 pm, Vanda Scartezini 
><<mailto:vanda at scartezini.org>vanda at scartezini.org> wrote:
>
>>Dear all
>>
>>In the past I have been member of GNSO – OSC – 
>>Operation Steering committee and since the 
>>event of new gTLD I am involved in promote the 
>>new gTLDs in the country. Last year for 
>>instance I have been speaking in 4 occasions 
>>under ICANN  slot in Congresses are in Brasil 
>>about new gTLDs, registrars and resellers  and 
>>how to become one , their demands, processes , 
>>the problems new members have found  during 
>>application. Hence I am more than ready to 
>>participate. I can put my name on it 
>>representing ALAC if you all believe I could be 
>>a positive member to our group.
>>Let me know.
>>Vanda Scartezini
>>Polo Consultores Associados
>>Av. Paulista 1159, cj 1004
>>01311-200- Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
>>Land Line: +55 11 3266.6253
>>Mobile: + 55 11 98181.1464
>>Sorry for any typos.
>>
>>
>>From: 
>><<mailto:alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org>alac-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org> 
>>on behalf of Cheryl Langdon-Orr
>>Date: Friday, January 29, 2016 at 11:32 PM
>>To: ICANN Staff, 'ALAC List', Alan Greenberg
>>Subject: Re: [ALAC] [ALAC-Announce] Call for 
>>Volunteers: GNSO Policy Development Process 
>>(PDP) Working Group on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures
>>
>>>Hi all please note I am already subscribed as 
>>>a Member of the WG  noting my association with 
>>>NCSG  in my application, I am however *more* 
>>>than happy to represent the interests and 
>>>concerns or act in a formal capacity) of ALAC 
>>>and At-Large in this important WG... Just let 
>>>me know...  Not the application only gave 1 
>>>choice for Association,  but I am sure we can 
>>>adjust manually on lists and records if needs 
>>>be... I am not endorsed by NCSG  they simply 
>>>sent out an open call for Members to participate...
>>>
>>>
>>><http://about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr>Cheryl Langdon-Orr ...  (CLO)
>>><http://about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr>
>>>about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 29 January 2016 at 08:29, 
>>><mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>staff at atlarge.icann.org 
>>><<mailto:staff at atlarge.icann.org>staff at atlarge.icann.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Call for Volunteers: GNSO Policy Development 
>>>>Process (PDP) Working Group on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>In Brief
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The Generic Names Supporting Organization 
>>>>(GNSO) Council seeks volunteers to serve on a 
>>>>PDP Working Group (WG) to develop 
>>>>recommendations for New generic Top Level 
>>>>Domains (gTLDs) Subsequent Procedures. The 
>>>>GNSO Council approved the 
>>>><http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/igo-ingo-crp-access-charter-24jun14-en.pdf>WG's 
>>>>charter [PDF, 603 KB] on 21 January 2016, 
>>>>tasking this PDP to determine whether changes 
>>>>or adjustments to the existing policy 
>>>>recommendations on the Introduction of New 
>>>>Generic Top-Level Domains are needed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What This Team Will Do
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The New gTLD Subsequent Procedures PDP 
>>>>Working Group (WG) is tasked with calling 
>>>>upon the community's collective experiences 
>>>>from the 2012 New gTLD Program round to 
>>>>determine what, if any, changes may need to 
>>>>be made to the existing 
>>>><http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/pdp-dec05-fr-parta-08aug07.htm>Introduction 
>>>>of New Generic Top-Level Domains policy 
>>>>recommendations from 8 August 2007. As the 
>>>>original policy recommendations as adopted by 
>>>>the GNSO Council and ICANN Board have "been 
>>>>designed to produce a systemized and ongoing 
>>>>mechanisms for applicants to propose new 
>>>>top-level domains", those policy 
>>>>recommendations remain in place for 
>>>>subsequent rounds of the New gTLD Program 
>>>>unless the GNSO Council would decide to 
>>>>modify those policy recommendations via this 
>>>>PDP. The work of this PDP WG follows the 
>>>>efforts of the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures 
>>>>Discussion Group (DG), which identified a set 
>>>>of issues/subjects for a future PDP WG to 
>>>>consider in their deliberations and recommend whether to:
>>>>    * Clarify, amend or override existing 
>>>> policy principles, recommendations, and implementation guidance;
>>>>    * Develop new policy recommendations;
>>>>    * Supplement or develop new implementation guidance.
>>>>As part of the PDP WG deliberations, the PDP 
>>>>WG should consider at a minimum, the subjects 
>>>>detailed in the Final Issue Report. These 
>>>>subjects have been organized in groupings 
>>>>suggested by the DG that may facilitate 
>>>>deliberations on related subjects. However, 
>>>>additional work methods, such as those 
>>>>described in the Final Issue Report, or other 
>>>>methods identified by the PDP WG may be more appropriate to undertake the work.
>>>>In addition to the work of the PDPWG, a 
>>>>number of new gTLD review efforts are 
>>>>underway which may have an impact on the work 
>>>>of this PDP WG. Therefore, this PDP WG should 
>>>>not be limited to the issues identified by 
>>>>the DG and should take into account the 
>>>>findings from the parallel efforts external to the PDP WG.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>How This Team Will Work
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>ICANN WGs use transparent, open processes. 
>>>>The meetings of this PDP WG will be recorded, 
>>>>and the recordings will be made available to 
>>>>the public. The mailing list for the PDP WG 
>>>>will be archived publicly. The group will 
>>>>collaborate using a public workspace for 
>>>>draft materials and all final work products 
>>>>and milestones will be documented on the 
>>>><https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/New+gTLD+Subsequent+Procedures+PDP+Home>WG's 
>>>>wiki. The PDP WG is expected to follow the 
>>>><http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf>GNSO 
>>>>Working Group Guidelines [PDF, 349 KB] as 
>>>>well as the 
>>>><http://gnso.icann.org/en/council/annex-2-pdp-manual-24jun15-en.pdf>GNSOPDP 
>>>>Manual [PDF, 260 KB].
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>How to Participate
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>There are two ways to volunteer:
>>>>    * Individual Members – anyone interested 
>>>> can volunteer to join the PDP WG as a WG 
>>>> member, regardless of whether they are 
>>>> members of the ICANN community. Members are 
>>>> expected to actively contribute to mailing 
>>>> list conversations as well as meetings – it 
>>>> is anticipated that the PDP WG will at a 
>>>> minimum meet on a weekly basis via 
>>>> teleconference. Members are expected to 
>>>> provide essential input to the process. 
>>>> Members will be required to provide a 
>>>> Statement of Interests 
>>>> (<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsosoi/New+SOIs>SOI).
>>>>    * Mailing list observers – for those who 
>>>> are merely interested in monitoring the WG's 
>>>> conversations, there is the possibility to 
>>>> sign up as a mailing list "observer" which 
>>>> offers read-only access to the mailing list. 
>>>> Mailing list observers will not be permitted 
>>>> to post, will not receive invitations to the 
>>>> various meetings or calls of the WG and will 
>>>> not have to complete a Statement of 
>>>> Interest. At any point in time, a mailing 
>>>> list observer can join the WG as a member 
>>>> simply by informing the GNSO Secretariat.
>>>>In addition, there will be opportunities to 
>>>>provide input through public consultations 
>>>>and public comment processes that the PDP WG is expected to organize.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>How to Join
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you are interested in joining the WG as an 
>>>>individual participant or mailing list 
>>>>observer, please fill in the 
>>>><http://goo.gl/forms/FRNZ4pSQl9>sign up form 
>>>>or send the 
>>>><http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/subsequent-procedures-pdp-27jan16-en.pdf>PDF 
>>>>document [PDF, 76 KB] filled in to the 
>>>><mailto:gnso-secs at icann.org>GNSO Secretariat.
>>>>All members and observers will be listed on the PDP WG's wiki page.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Next Steps
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>In its motion, the GNSO Council directed that 
>>>>this call for volunteers be circulated as 
>>>>widely as possible in order to ensure broad 
>>>>representation and participation in the WG. 
>>>>This call will remain open until the PDP WG 
>>>>convenes for the first time. At this 
>>>>juncture, it is anticipated that the PDP WG 
>>>>may convene online in late February 2016. 
>>>>Following that, regular online meetings will 
>>>>be scheduled in accordance with the PDP WG's 
>>>>work plan, which it is expected to develop as one of its first tasks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Further Information and Preparation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>For those interested in volunteering for this 
>>>>effort, you are strongly encouraged to review 
>>>>the following materials prior to the first meeting of the PDP WG.
>>>>    * 
>>>> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/subsequent-procedures-final-issue-04dec15-en.pdf>The 
>>>> Final Issue Report [PDF, 1.38 MB]
>>>>    * 
>>>> <http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/new-gtlds/subsequent-procedures-charter-21jan16-en.pdf>The 
>>>> approved charter [PDF, 196 KB]
>>>>    * Materials available at the 
>>>> <https://community.icann.org/display/NGSPP/New+gTLD+Subsequent+Procedures+PDP+Home>PDP 
>>>> WG's wiki, such as the 2007 Final Report and other relevant information.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Background
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>In 2005, the Generic Names Supporting 
>>>>Organization (GNSO) began a Policy 
>>>>Development Process (PDP) to consider the 
>>>>introduction of new gTLDs. The two-year PDP 
>>>>process resulted in a set of 19 GNSO policy 
>>>>recommendations for implementing new gTLDs. 
>>>>In order to implement the policy 
>>>>recommendations of the GNSO, a number of 
>>>>draft Applicant Guidebooks (AGBs) were 
>>>>developed by ICANN staff in consultation with 
>>>>the community.In June 2011, ICANN's Board of 
>>>>Directors approved the final AGB and 
>>>>authorized the launch of the New gTLD Program.
>>>>The New gTLD Program application window 
>>>>opened on 12 January 2012 and a total of 1930 
>>>>complete applications were received. The 
>>>>first set of Initial Evaluation results were 
>>>>released on 22 March 2013, followed by the 
>>>>first set of new gTLD delegations on 21 October 2013.
>>>>All applications have now completed the 
>>>>evaluation process and as of mid January 
>>>>2016, there are nearly 900 gTLDs delegated 
>>>>and approximately 450 applications still 
>>>>proceeding through the remaining steps of the 
>>>>program. Although the 2012 round is ongoing, 
>>>>efforts to examine the round have already 
>>>>begun, which included the creation of the 
>>>><http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/inactive/2015/non-pdp-new-gtld>GNSO 
>>>>New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Discussion 
>>>>Group (DG). The DG was created by the GNSO 
>>>>Council to discuss the experiences gained 
>>>>from the 2012 round of the New gTLD Program 
>>>>and to identify subjects that might lead to 
>>>>changes or adjustments for subsequent 
>>>>application procedures. The DG prepared its 
>>>>final deliverables, which included a set of 
>>>>subjects that it anticipated would be 
>>>>analyzed in detail in the context of an Issue 
>>>>Report. On 24 June 2015 the GNSO Council 
>>>>passed a resolution requesting the drafting 
>>>>of a Preliminary Issue Report on New gTLD Subsequent Procedures.
>>>>In accordance with the PDP Rules, the 
>>>>Preliminary Issue Report was published for 
>>>>public comment on 31 August 2015. Following 
>>>>review of the public comments received, the 
>>>>Staff Manager updated the Issue Report 
>>>>accordingly and submitted the Final Issue 
>>>>Report to the GNSO Council for its 
>>>>consideration. The GNSO Council officially 
>>>>initiated the PDP on New gTLD Subsequent 
>>>>Procedures on 17 December 2015, followed by 
>>>>adoption of the PDP WG's charter on 21 January 2016.
>>>>
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